List of Belgian military locations in Germany

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Locations of the Belgian armed forces in Germany 1990 (blue: Force Aérienne / Luchtmacht)
Remembering the Belgian garrison in Lüdenscheid at the entrance to the Buckesfeld flak barracks

The list of Belgian military locations in Germany lists all military facilities of Belgian associations in Germany. All locations are now closed. In order to preserve the originality, the place names - as far as it seemed reasonable - follow the designations customary in the Belgian armed forces (i.e. later community reforms are not taken into account).

The associations were subordinate to the high command:

Belgian troops, in conjunction with the British Twenty-first Army Group, took part in the invasion of Germany in 1945 and initially occupied the Steinfurt district. From 1946 they supported Great Britain by permanently taking over the southern strip of the British Zone from Aachen to the Weser, but the British High Command retained formal responsibility. The HQ was initially in Lüdenscheid in 1947, and in Bonn from December 1, 1948 to 1949. With the decision to establish the provisional capital of the Federal Republic of Germany to be founded in Bonn, the Belgian armed forces had to vacate their headquarters , in particular the residence of the Commander-in-Chief , the Villa Hammerschmidt , which was intended as the office of the Federal President . From 1949 to September 30, 1996, Cologne-Weiden was the location of the high command.

In 1946 the troops in the I (BE) Corps were combined with the 1st Infantry Division in Bad Godesberg and the 2nd Infantry Division in Neheim . In 1952 the corps consisted of three divisions and nine brigades, parts of which were stationed in the home country. During this phase of the Cold War, Belgium had committed itself to defending the city of Kassel , which was located directly on the demarcation line . The order of forces in 1952:

  • I (BE) Corps, Cologne-Weiden
    • 1st Inf Div, Neheim
      • 1st Inf Brig, Gummersbach
      • 4th Inf Brig, Soest
      • 7th Inf Brig, Unna
    • 4th Inf Div, Liège (BE)
      • 10th Inf Brig, Siegburg
      • 11th Inf Brig, Tongeren (BE)
      • 12th Inf Brig, Bastogne (BE)
    • 16. Pz Div, Bensberg
      • 16. Pz Brig, Kassel
      • 17th Pz Brig, Dueren
      • 18. PzBrig, Euskirchen

The formation of the Bundeswehr from 1956 also brought changes for the Belgian troops. The garrisons of Unna, Hemer, Bensberg, Gummersbach and Kassel were handed over to the Bundeswehr, which also took over the combat strip to the right of the Belgians in the NATO disposition. The order of forces of the I (BE) Corps consisted of a division in Belgium with a brigade each in the Flemish Leopoldsburg and in the Walloon Marche-en-Famenne . The advanced division was in Neheim with a Flemish brigade in Soest and its Francophone counterpart in Siegen . The spearhead formed the armored regiment of the ComRecce (Command Reconnaissance) in Arolsen .

The Air Force of Belgium took over two sections in the Nike belt (the two sections in the Hawk belt belonged to the land forces - as with the US Army). Since the Nike anti-aircraft missiles could be equipped with nuclear warheads, US custodial teams were in place with the Belgian associations in Germany to ensure the principle of the two keys. The nuclear weapons of the I (BE) Corps were also stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany. The headquarters Force Aérienne / Luchtmacht (Air Force = Nike) was in Düren. For territorial aspects in Germany, FAé / LuM was subordinate to the FBA / BSD staff.

From the beginning, the soldiers and their families were stationed in Germany. Belgian housing estates and primary schools emerged in the garrisons in the 1950s. One problem was the lack of secondary schools, which was eventually resolved with the establishment of two high schools with boarding schools. The Atheneum for the Francophone students was created in Rösrath , the one for the Flemish students in Bensberg . The Belgian military presence in Germany had in some ways the appearance of a “tenth province”, alluding to the then nine provinces of the kingdom with the commander-in-chief as governor. Cologne was its undisputed center with all facilities for daily use. The commander in chief resided in Cologne-Marienburg, the Club Astoria in Cologne-Müngersdorf, built immediately after 1945 as a Canadian facility, was the center of social life. There is a museum of the Belgian Armed Forces in Germany in Soest.

The withdrawal of the Belgian armed forces from Germany was sealed on June 7, 2002 with a solemn ceremony in Spich in the presence of King Albert II and Federal President Johannes Rau . In the evening there was a big tattoo given by Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping for the Belgian Defense Minister André Flahaut .

Hesse

Location property Previous user Troops Year of dissolution Reuse Remarks
Arolsen Caserne Sous-Lieutenant Antoine SS barracks HQ ComRecce (FBA / BSD) 1993 partly under monument protection, gardening, hardware store, department store, swimming pool (Arobella thermal baths)
Flechtdorf FlaRak position C / 62e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
kassel De Gete Kazerne / Caserne La Gette Liege barracks HQ 16th Brigade 1952–1956 (FBA / BSD) 1956 Liège barracks (Bundeswehr) until 1992, conversion to the Marbachshöhe Technology Park in 2005, then mixed use; also by the Kassel Army Music Corps, Museum of Uniform History, Trade, and at times an initial accommodation facility for asylum seekers Wehrmacht barracks taken over by USAREUR in 1951
Noordvaart Kazerne Gendarmerie barracks FBA / BSD 1956
Korbach Claes Kazerne 62e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 2017 foreclosure sale to a real estate company
FlaRak position in Freienhagen D / 62e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
Rhodes FlaRak position on the tassel A / 62e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk

North Rhine-Westphalia

Location property Previous user Troops Year of dissolution Reuse Remarks
Aachen Caserne Namur Caserne Steenstraete FBA / BSD 1961 Theodor-Körner-Kaserne (Bundeswehr)
Caserne Steenstraete Wehrmacht FBA / BSD 1952 Caserne Namur renaming
Caserne / Camp Gabrielle Petit FBA / BSD 1992 Development plan 2012: photovoltaic system, renaturation also known as Camp Hitfeld
Caserne Sous-Lieutenant Pirotte / Camp Pirotte HQ 6e Brigade 1946–1972, Logistics Brigade (FBA / BSD) 1994 2006 purchase by the city of Aachen, 2012 demolition and renovation to the industrial park Brand
Caserne Ronsele Kazerne Wehrmacht FBA / BSD 1961 Gallwitz barracks (Bundeswehr)
Caserne Tabora Kazerne Wehrmacht FBA / BSD 1961 Lützow barracks (Bundeswehr)
Altenrath Camp Major Legrand Kamp 17th Rijdende Artillery, 2nd Gidsen (FBA / BSD) 1992 Restoration planned from 2012 Wahner Heide military training area
Arnsberg Caserne Reigersvliet Kazerne Jäger barracks (Wehrmacht) 4th Chasseurs à Cheval (FBA / BSD) 1994 2000 Demolition of the barracks, followed by residential development
Attendorn Barracks Heggener Weg (new building 1956) 100 and 101 Cie KWM / RAV (FBA / BSD) 1980 Youth center, residential building still used
Bad Driburg Hausheide air raid position D / 43e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
BOC Rheder 43e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
HQ 2nd Brigade 1949–1952 (FBA / BSD) 1995
Bad Godesberg ( Bonn ) HQ 1st Division 1946–1950 (FBA / BSD) 1950
Bedburg FlaRak position Kaster 53 Sqn / 13e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1983 Nike. Nuclear custody by US Custodial Team Kaster
Bensberg Burkel Kazerne HQ 16th Division 1952–1972 (FBA / BSD) 1995 Demolished in 2014, then residential development planned
Caserne Dixmude / Kazerne Dixmuide Bensberg Castle HQ 2nd Brigade 1946–1949 (FBA / BSD) 1995
Bensberg Castle Koninklijk Atheneum 1995 Hotel since 1997 Grammar school in Dutch
Bergisch Gladbach Walcheren Kazerne Wehrmacht FBA / BSD 1956 Hermann-Löns-Kaserne (Bundeswehr) until 1996, from 2010 small business, residential development
Beverungen FlaRak position in Tietelsen A / 43e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
Blankenheim FlaRak position Mülheim 51 Sqn / 13e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1989 Nike. Nuclear custody by the US Custodial Team Blankenheim
Bonn Lombardsijde Kazerne Barracks Duisdorf (Wehrmacht) HQ 1st Brigade 1946–1949 (FBA / BSD) 1949 Personnel Department (Bundeswehr)
Brakel Maenhout Kazerne 43e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1994 Continued use (residential building, kindergarten, cinema) Conversion to nursing home / apartments, business, generation park Hawk
Bosseborn FlaRak position B / 43e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
Büren Caserne Cortemarck / Kortemark Kazerne Stöckerbusch barracks 13e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 1994-2015 JVA, then accommodation facility for Büren who are obliged to leave the country Nuclear custody by US custodial team, depot for all Nike positions (Belgium, Netherlands, German Air Force)
Drove FlaRak position 50 Sqn / 13e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1991 Nike. Nuclear custody by the US Custodial Team Düren
Düren Camp Général Bastin HQ 17th Brigade 1952–1972 (FBA / BSD) 1979 "Automeile", commercial area (car, hardware store) Part of Caserne Edith Cavell, adjacent to the south
Camp Bodart HQ 13e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1991 Development plan 2017: photovoltaic system
Caserne Edith Cavell FBA / BSD 1991 New car logistics park ("Automeile")
Handzaeme Kazerne / Caserne Handzame Panzer barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1980 Heimatschutzkommando 15 (Bundeswehr) until 1997, then industrial park
Alder-Schermbeck FlaRak position Schermbecker Wald 57 Sqn / 9e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1983 Nike. Nuclear custody by US custodial team, 1975 assumption of position from the Netherlands
Erwitte Caserne Tervaete Kazerne Nazi training castle FBA / BSD 1956 Graf-Landsberg-Kaserne (Bundeswehr) until 1970, then privatized (trade, hotel)
Eschweiler Quartier Reine Astrid / Kwartier Koningin Astrid Supply Force (FBA / BSD) 1995 Recreation area Probsteierwald
Zeebrugge Kazerne FBA / BSD 1957 Donnerberg barracks (Bundeswehr)
Essentho Jonet quarter 62e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1994 from 1999 conversion into a residential area, commercial enterprise, leisure facility Baptist church Hawk
FlaRak position in Oesdorf B / 62e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
BOC Essentho 62e artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
Euskirchen Barracks Loncin InfRgt 116 (1913), MG barracks (Wehrmacht) HQ 18th Brigade 1952–1972 (FBA / BSD) 1983 Gen. Major Frhr. von Gersdorff barracks (Bundeswehr), u. a. ZGeoBW, Center for Cyber ​​Security
Caserne Selzaete Kazerne Funk barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1969 Mercator barracks (Bundeswehr)
FlaRak position Cheap forest 52 Sqn / 13e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1983 Nike. Nuclear custody by US custodial team
Cheeky Camp Bachem FBA / BSD 1992 2017 still vacant
Grefrath FlaRak position Hinsbeck-Müllem 56 Sqn / 9e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1990 Nike. Nuclear custody by US Custodial Team Grefrath
Caserne de bataillon Hinsbeck HQ 9e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1991 2011 sale to a real estate company, vacancy until (at least) 2016, vehicle halls rented to DRK
Gummersbach Pioneer Depot HQ 1st Brigade 1952–1956 (FBA / BSD) 1956
Hemer Caserne Ardennes Main camp VI A and tank barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1956 Jüberg barracks (Bundeswehr), renamed Blücher barracks in 1964 , dissolved in 2007, part of the state horticultural show site in 2010
Chapels FlaRak position Vockrather Höhe 55 Sqn / 9e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1985 Nike. Nuclear custody by US custodial team
Cologne-Dellbrück Caserne Moorslede Kazerne Flak barracks (Wehrmacht) HQ Artillery Command (FBA / BSD) 1992 Customs criminal investigation office, trade Nuclear custody by US custodial team
Cologne-Ehrenfeld Ottostr. 85 Israelite asylum (until 1942) Hôpital Militaire / Militairziekenhuis (FBA / BSD) 1998 from 2003 Jewish Welfare Center
Cologne-Lindenthal Cantine Militaire Centrale (CMC) Eupener Strasse FBA / BSD 2002 shopping mall
Cologne-Longerich Knesselare Kazerne / Caserne Knesselaere Steinlager / Motorsport School or Liège Barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1963 Liège barracks (Bundeswehr)
Caserne Lieutenant Général Leman / Luitenant Generaal Leman Kazerne Fühlingersee FBA / BSD 1957 armed forces
Cologne-Niehl Caserne Holm Kazerne FBA / BSD 1960
Port of Niehl Escadrille du Rhin / Rijnescadrille Force Navale / Zeemacht 1960 Rhine flotilla 1953–1960, flagship corvette "Liberation / Bevrijding"
Cologne-Ossendorf Caserne Klerken Kazerne Flak barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1995 "Ossendorfpark" residential area
Cologne-Butzweilerhof airport Army aviators (FBA / BSD), parallel with the Bundeswehr 1995 Preserved buildings under monument protection, aviation museum, commercial / office park with media center
Cologne-Weiden Caserne Witte-de-Haelen Kazerne Etzel barracks (Wehrmacht) HQ I (BE) Corps, HQ FBA / BSD 1996 "Stadtwaldviertel" residential area
Caserne Sous-Lieutenant Schmitz Kazerne FBA / BSD 1998
Cologne-Westhoven Caserne Adjudant Brasseur Unverzagt barracks (Wehrmacht) 3rd genius (FBA / BSD) 1995 Recreation area, e.g. T. Commercial
Caserne Nieuport / Nieuwpoort Kazerne Mudra barracks (Wehrmacht) 68e Genie, 15e Génie (FBA / BSD) 1961 Mudra barracks (Bundeswehr) with personnel
Caserne Passendale / Passchendaele Kazerne New barracks (Wehrmacht) 1st genius (FBA / BSD) 1998 LVR Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry
Ludenscheid Barracks Hellersen (tank repair workshop) FBA / BSD 1994
Caserne Commandant Glaser Kazerne Wehrmacht FBA / BSD 1992
IJzer Kazerne / Caserne Yser Weißenburg- or barracks Baukloh (Wehrmacht) 2nd Jagers te Paard (FBA / BSD) 1992
De Leie Kazerne / Caserne la Lys Flak barracks Buckesfeld (Wehrmacht) 2nd artillery (FBA / BSD) 1994
Merzbrück Aachen-Merzbrück Airport 18. ESC LtAvn Army Aviation (FBA / BSD) 1995 Airfield
Neheim Caserne Capitaine Loquet / Camp Capitaine Loquet HQ 2nd Division 1946–1952, HQ 1st Division 1952–1972, HQ 16th Division 1972–1990 (FBA / BSD) 1990 Military court
Nideggen FlaRak position 50 Sqn / 13e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1991 Nike. Nuclear custody by the US Custodial Team Düren
Rheinbach Ieper Kazerne / Caserne Ypres FBA / BSD 1957 Tomburg barracks (Bundeswehr)
Rösrath House Venauen Athénée Royal 2003 2012 conversion into condominiums French high school 1950–2003
Siegburg Camp de Vinckt / KampVinkt Brückberg barracks (Wehrmacht) HQ 10e Brigade 1952–1955 (FBA / BSD) 1955 Brückberg barracks (Bundeswehr) Guard battalion of the Bundeswehr
Wins Caserne Gilbert Army refreshment camp in Schemscheid (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1994
Caserne Pepinster Herzog Ferdinand or Wellersberg barracks (Wehrmacht) 2nd Carabiniers Cyclistes (FBA / BSD) 1994
Caserne Colonel Bremer Heidenberg barracks (Wehrmacht) 1er guides (FBA / BSD) 1995
Caserne Bricart Heidenberg barracks (Wehrmacht) (2nd Chasseurs à Pied (FBA / BSD)) 1994
Caserne Normandy Graf-Johann-Barracks (Wehrmacht) HQ 16th Brigade 1972–1995 (FBA / BSD) 1995
Caserne Ste. Margaretha Hauthem Bataljoen Bevrijding (FBA / BSD) 1995
Soest Caserne Colonel BEM Adam / Kazerne Colonel SBH Adam Officer Camp (Oflag) HQ 3rd Brigade 1946–1952, HQ 4th Brigade 1952–1994, 9th line (FBA / BSD) 1994
Doyen Kazerne / Camp Doyen Kamp Niederbergheimer Strasse depot (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1994
Kanaal van Wessem Kazerne / Caserne Canal de Wessem Bleidorn barracks (Wehrmacht) 4th Lancers (FBA / BSD) 1994
Caserne Namur / name Kazerne Metz barracks (Wehrmacht) 1e Grenadiers (FBA / BSD) 1995
Rumbeke Kazerne Argonne barracks 5th line, 6th artillery (FBA / BSD) 1992
Steenstrate Kazerne Metz barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1991
hospital Hôpital Militaire / Militairziekenhuis (FBA / BSD) 1995
Speak Caserne Lieutenant Coppens / Luitenant Coppens Kazerne 14th artillery, 1st carbine Wielrijders (FBA / BSD) 2002
Caserne Deschepper Kazerne HQ Brigade 1994–2002 (FBA / BSD) 2002
Vlaanderen Kamp / Camp Flandres 3e Lancers (FBA / BSD) 2002
Troisdorf Cantine Militaire Centrale (CMC) FBA / BSD 2002 shopping mall
Unna Camp Lieutenant Holm HQ 7e Brigade 1952–1956 (FBA / BSD) 1956
Caserne Houthulst Kazerne Wehrmacht FBA / BSD 1956 Glückauf Barracks (Bundeswehr)
Caserne Liège / Luik Kazerne Flak barracks (Wehrmacht) FBA / BSD 1956 Hellweg barracks (Bundeswehr) until 1998, conversion to a residential area
Vogelsang Camp Vogelsang NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang FBA / BSD 2006 NS Documentation Center, Eifel National Park Administration , Rotkreuz Museum Vogelsang ip , refugee accommodation and the like. a. NATO training area until 2006
Werl Caserne Houthulst Kazerne Werl Air Base 3rd artillery (FBA / BSD)

20th Artillery (FBA / BSD)
|| 1995 |||| Lance. Nuclear custody by US custodial team.

Laarne Kazerne / Caserne Laerne 4th Compagnie Materiaal (FBA / BSD)

95e Compagnie Maintenance Hawk-Lance (FBA / BSD)

1995
Will bath food Hirschstein anti-aircraft gun position C / 43e Artillery (FBA / BSD) 1993 Hawk
Xanten Sonsbecker Berg anti-aircraft missile position 54 Sqn / 9e Wing (FAé / LuM) 1989 Nike. Nuclear custody by US custodial team

Abbreviations

abbreviation text
BAOR British Army of the Rhine
BOC Battalion Operations Center
BSD Belgian Strijdkrachten in Duitsland
CMC Cantine Militaire Centrale
ComRecce Commando Reconnaissance
FAé Force Aérienne
FBA Forces Belges en Allemagne
HQ Headquarters
LuM Luminosity
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
RAF Royal Air Force
Sqn Squadron
RAFG Royal Air Force Germany
USAFE United States Air Force in Europe
USAREUR United States Army in Europe

See also

literature

  • Luc De Vos, JP Cunibert, M. Strobbe: La Force Terrestre belge 1945–1980. Forum de la Force Terrestre, Brussels 1982.
  • Luc De Vos: The Scutum Belgarum. The I (BE) Corps in Germany, 1945–1991. In: Homeward Bound? Boulder 1992, ISBN 0-8133-8410-9 .
  • Detlev Grieswelle, Wilfried Schlau (Hrsg.): Allied troops in the Federal Republic of Germany. (= Lectures and contributions by the Political Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Issue 13). Bonn 1990, DNB 932004113 .
  • Ernst Hubert von Michaelis: Belgian troops in Arolsen. In: D. Grieswelle, W. Schlau (Ed.): Allied troops in Germany. Bonn 1990, pp. 132-135.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ museum-bsd.de ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ harvey.be
  3. ↑ named after the Caserne Sous-Lieutenant Antoine in Eupen , location of the 2nd and 4th regiments of the Carabinieres Cyclistes from 1929 to 1940 and of the IRMEP ( Institut Royal Militaire d'Education Physique ) since 1947 .
  4. ↑ named after the river Gete , which in the province of Limburg drains over the Demer, Dijle and Rupel to the Scheldt. During the First World War, the left flank of the Belgian army was on the Gete.
  5. ↑ named after the Noordvaart, whose sluices were opened to flood the land on the Yser during the First World War.
  6. ↑ named after Capitaine Paul-Eugène Claes (1892-1917), 2nd Régiment d'Artillerie lourde, who died on November 13, 1917 near Adinkerke.
  7. ↑ named after the city and fortress of Namur , which was always on the invasion routes from Germany.
  8. ↑ named after the front of the First World War on the river Yser in West Flanders, which was extremely lossy and in the center of which was the town of Dixmude and the towns of Klerken and Steenstraete. The German army used poison gas for the first time near Steenstraete in April 1915.
  9. ↑ named after Gabrielle Petit (1893-1916), nurse and spy for the Allies, executed on April 1, 1916 in Schaerbeek.
  10. ↑ named after Julia Pirotte (1908–2000), Belgian photographer and member of the Resistance in Marseille during World War II under the cover name “Sous-Lieutenant Pirotte”.
  11. ↑ named after the village of Ronsele in East Flanders, which was badly destroyed in the First World War.
  12. ↑ named after the town of Tabora in German East Africa , which was conquered on September 19, 1916 after fierce fighting by Belgian troops under Général Charles Tombeur, who was given the nobility title “de Tabora” for this.
  13. ↑ named after Major Louis Henri Legrand, DSO (1902–1944), who was captured by Germany during the 2nd Battle of the Lys in 1940, escaped and fled to England. He joined the British Army and served in the 10th Royal Hussars at El Alamein and the Normandy Invasion, killed on June 26, 1944 at Caen. Before the war, Legrand belonged to the 17th Régiment d'Artillerie, which had been stationed in Altenrath as the 17th Régiment d'Artillerie blindé from 1951 to 1992.
  14. ↑ named after the Reigersvliet polder canal, the site of heavy fighting between German and Belgian troops in March 1918.
  15. ↑ named after the fight near Burkel in the province of Limburg. It was the last attack by the Belgian cavalry to recapture national territory in October 1918. Colonel Victor van Strijdonck (1876–1961), commander of the 1st Regiment des Guides, received the title of nobility “de Burkel” and the regiment the honorary inscription “Burkel” on the Troop flag. In 1940 Luitenant Generaal van Strijdonck became Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian Land Forces in Great Britain and Military Attaché in London, in 1944 Belgian representative at the Allied Headquarters SHAEF, after the war he pursued a civilian career.
  16. ↑ named after the town of Dixmude in West Flanders, which was in the center of the loss-making front on the Yser in 1914 and which was completely destroyed during the First World War.
  17. ↑ named after the Dutch island of Walcheren , which was bombed by the Allies on October 3, 1944 to blow up the German barrier belt in front of the port of Antwerp. Belgian commandos were also involved in the liberation of the island.
  18. ↑ named after the community Lombardsijde in West Flanders, which was part of the front on the Yser in the First World War. In Lombardsijde there is a small military training area with an artillery firing range.
  19. ↑ named after Wachtmeester Maenhout.
  20. ↑ named after the fighting near Kortemark in West Flanders during the First World War, for which the 10e régiment de ligne, from which the Chasseurs ardennais emerged, received an honorary inscription on the troop flag.
  21. ↑ named after the Camp militaire Général Bastin in Stockem near Arlon, since 1951 location of the Ecole de l'Infanterie and Ecole des blindés. Général Jules Bastin (1889–1944) was taken prisoner in 1940 and became famous for his multiple attempts to escape. The tenth attempt succeeded and Bastin joined the French Resistance. On November 24, 1943, he was caught by the Gestapo in Liège and deported to the Groß-Rosen concentration camp, where he died on December 1, 1944; posthumously he was promoted to général major in 1946. There is an avenue Général Bastin in Woluwe-St-Lambert.
  22. ↑ named after Lieutenant Colonel Aviateur Yves Bodart (1924–1962), came to England via Spain, where he was initially interned, during the Second World War and joined the Royal Air Force, 1946 1st Wing in Beauvechain on July 26th In 1962 a CF 100 crashed on a training flight near Calvi in ​​Corsica.
  23. ↑ named after Edith Cavell (1865–1915), English nurse who was sentenced to death by a German military tribunal and executed in Schaerbeek on October 12, 1915, because she had made it possible for hundreds of Allied prisoners of war to escape.
  24. ↑ named after Handzame, a district of Kortemark in West Flanders, a focal point of the fighting during the First World War. The troop flag of the 1st Regiment de Lanciers had the inscription "Handzaeme".
  25. ↑ named after the battle of October 22nd to 31st, 1914 near Tervaete in West Flanders. On October 22nd, the Germans had crossed the Yser and, despite the resistance, the Belgian grenadiers captured Tervaete. On October 30th, Belgian troops, supported by the 42nd French Division, were able to reoccupy the river Yser and Tervaete.
  26. ↑ named after Queen Astrid, Princess of Sweden (1905–1935), wife of King Leopold III.
  27. ↑ named after the raid on Zeebrugge on April 23, 1918 in which the Royal Navy destroyed the German submarine base in the port of Zeebrugge in West Flanders.
  28. ↑ named after Capitaine Jean-Marie Jonet (1920–1952), trained as a pilot in 1940, got into German captivity in Cherbourg and fled, captured again and finally reached England, he had joined the Liberation Brigade on July 8th In 1952 killed in Korea as a member of the Belgian battalion.
  29. ↑ named after Fort Loncin of the fortress ring around Liège, which heroically resisted the German attack and only surrendered on August 15, 1914 after it was completely destroyed. Lieutenant Général baron Gérard Leman (1851–1920) received the title of nobility "de Loncin" for his bravery.
  30. ↑ named after the battle in May 1940 near the municipality of Selzaete / Zelzate in East Flanders, in which the 2nd Regiment des Guides and the 18th Régiment d'Artillerie blindé had distinguished themselves.
  31. ↑ named after the Ardennes mountains, which were fought over twice in the Second World War (1940, 1944), the origin of the two battalions of the Chasseurs Ardennais, which were stationed in Hemer from 1946–1950.
  32. ↑ named after the municipality of Moorslede in West Flanders, which was part of the front on the Yser in World War I.
  33. ↑ named after the community of Knesselaere in East Flanders, where fighting broke out on September 8, 1914.
  34. ↑ named after Lieutenant General baron Gérard Leman (1851–1920). As commandant of the Liège Fortress, he distinguished himself through great bravery at the Battle of Liège from August 5th to 16th, 1914. He fell into German captivity and was released to Belgium in 1917. He received the title of nobility "de Loncin".
  35. ↑ named after Lieutenant Holm.
  36. ↑ named after the front of the First World War on the river Yser in West Flanders, which was extremely lossy and in the center of which was the town of Dixmude and the towns of Klerken and Steenstraete.
  37. ↑ butzweilerhof.com
  38. ↑ named after Lieutenant Général Léon de Witte (1857–1933). During the First World War he was the winner of the "Bataille des casques d'argent", a cavalry battle against the German army near Halen in the province of Limburg on August 12, 1914, inspector general of the cavalry 1915-1919. He received the title of nobility "de Haelen" for victory.
  39. ↑ named after Adjudant Brasseur, who fell while blowing up a bridge over the Albert Canal on November 10, 1940.
  40. ↑ named after the battalion stationed there in the defense of Nieuport in West Flanders during the First World War.
  41. ↑ named after the battalion stationed there taking part in the fighting for the town of Passendale in the First World War.
  42. ↑ named after Commandant Glaser.
  43. ↑ named after the front of the First World War on the river Yser in West Flanders, which was extremely lossy and in the center of which was the city of Dixmude.
  44. ↑ named after the two battles on the Lys. During the First World War from April 4th to 29th 1918, also known as the 4th Battle of Flanders, during which the Belgian troops withstood all German attacks. During the Second World War it lasted from May 23 to 28, 1940 during the 18-day campaign. The attempt to stop the German troops on the Lys, a tributary of the Scheldt in East Flanders, failed and led to Belgium's surrender on May 28, 1940.
  45. ↑ named after Capitaine Loquet, who died as a member of the Belgian battalion in the Korean War.
  46. ↑ named after the city of Ypres in West Flanders, which has become a symbol of the futility of war because of the total destruction in the First World War. The daily recurring ceremony of the "Last Post" commemorates the 250,000 dead of the troops of the British Commonwealth to this day.
  47. ↑ named after the battle for Vinkt near Deinze in East Flanders from May 25th to 27th, 1940 during the 18-day campaign in which German troops killed 113 inhabitants in the place held by Chasseurs ardennais near Gent in East Flanders. The Chasseurs ardennais had been stationed in Spich near Siegburg for many years.
  48. ↑ named after Colonel Gilbert.
  49. ↑ named after the town of Pepinster with the Fort Tancrémont of the fortress ring around Liège, which resisted the German attack in World War II and surrendered as the last Belgian fort on May 29, 1940.
  50. ↑ named after Lieutenant Colonel Réné Bremer (1871-1918), 9e régiment de ligne, fallen on October 14, 1918. In Schaerbeek there is a Place Colonel Bremer and there is a monument.
  51. ↑ named after Capitaine Bricart, who fell at the head of the 5th / 1st régiment de Chasseurs ardennais on May 10, 1940 while trying to stop the German advance near Bodange on the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
  52. ↑ named after the theater of war Normandy 1944. The troop flag of the 1st Battalion Liberation under Général Piron had the inscriptions "Normandie" and "Canal de Wessem".
  53. ↑ named after the district of Hautem-Sainte-Marguerite / Sint-Margriete-Houtem in the city of Tir-le-Mont / Tienen in the province of Flemish Brabant, scene of the “Combat de St. Margaretha Hauthem” / “De Slag op de Zeven Zillen” "On August 18, 1914, immediately after the" Bataille des casques d'argent "/" Slag of the Zilveren Helmen "on August 12, 1914.
  54. ↑ named after Colonel breveté d'Etat-major (Kolonel stafbrevethouder) Armand Adam, the highest ranking Belgian prisoner of war, shot by the Gestapo in Liège in 1943.
  55. ↑ named after Luitenant Doyen.
  56. ↑ named after the theater of war (September 25, 1944) Canal von Wessem in the Dutch province of Limburg, which leads to the Albert Canal. The troop flag of the 1st Brigade Liberation under Général Piron had the inscriptions "Normandie" and "Canal de Wessem".
  57. ↑ named after the city and fortress of Namur, which was always on the invasion routes from Germany.
  58. ↑ named after the village and castle Rumbeke in West Flanders, which were a combat zone in the First World War and served as officers' quarters for the Wehrmacht in the Second World War.
  59. ↑ named after the front of the First World War on the river Yser in West Flanders, which was extremely lossy and in the center of which was the town of Dixmude and the towns of Klerken and Steenstraete. The German army used poison gas for the first time near Steenstraete in April 1915.
  60. ↑ named after Lieutenant J. Coppens, Artillery, who died on September 26, 1952 as a member of the Belgian battalion in Korea.
  61. ↑ named after Colonel Robert BEM Deschepper (1885–1940), commander of the 1st régiment de Chasseurs ardennais, who died on May 12, 1940 in Suarlée near Namur. The 1st battalion de Chasseurs ardennais was stationed in Spich for many years.
  62. ↑ named after the Flanders region, which was fought over in the First and Second World Wars (1914, 1918, 1940).
  63. ↑ named after Lieutenant Holm.
  64. ↑ named after the forest of Houthulst at Dixmude in West Flanders, to the Lieutenant Willy Coppens (1892-1986), Belgian flyboy the First World War, some of his 37 aerial victories had won and of King Albert I of chevalier Coppens de Houthulst been appointed was.
  65. ↑ named after the forest of Houthulst at Dixmude in West Flanders, to the Lieutenant Willy Coppens (1892-1986), Belgian flyboy the First World War, some of his 37 aerial victories had won and of King Albert I of chevalier Coppens de Houthulst been appointed was.
  66. ↑ named after the place Laerne in East Flanders, which was part of the battlefield of the Battle of the Lys in World War I.